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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1944
Page
3
Meigs County election officials outline plans for the general election. A Republican majority leader pledges to ensure Republican and Democratic voters can reach the polls. The Meigs County Election Board confirms procedures and security measures for voter access and ballot casting.
POMEROY The Meigs County Court House will be closed Tuesday for election day as announced. Local voters are urged to participate in the upcoming polls with Meigs County anticipated to back Republican candidates.
Mrs sane Nelson Campbell of Langsville died Saturday afternoon after a period of illness. She and husband Campbell recently celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary. Survived by husband two sons Bert Langville Frank Hurricane W Va a daughter Mrs John Weaver Dexter eleven grandchildren and great grandchildren. A son and a daughter preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held from the Midway Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Rutland.
Charles Hayes, promoted to petty officer third class in the U S Navy, assigned to the hospital ship Samaritan now in the Pacific, is described as an experienced butcher who worked in Bend stores. his wife Dolly Hayes is noted. The report also mentions local probation matters and a custody of county cases with various names and locations including Athens, Meigs, and Columbus.
Meigs County community institutes announced for the weeks of November 6 and 13 with sessions in Tuppers Plains Chester Hemlock Grove and other towns. State speaker Mrs Henry Kert plus local officials and demonstrations mark the days from November 6 through 17 including soil conservation and youth problem discussions.
Middleport Miss Violet Aartinger, while waiting for a later bus in Athens, discovered her brother Sgt. James Hartinger asleep among passengers. Jim, star football carrier for the MHS Varsity Yellow Jackets and 1942 championship team member, has received notice of his appointment as first alternate to West Point.
Meigs County schools report October totals for war stamp purchases, led by Racine High School with 1218.85 dollars and Reedsville with 5410 dollars, totaling 1807.10 dollars across Racine, Rose Hill, Rutland High, Silver Run, Long Bottom, Letart, Syracuse, Laurel Cliff, Carpenter, and others.
Pfc. Charles Shumaker, son of Mr and Mrs Hollis Shumaker of Middleport Hill, has been wounded while on active duty in France. Wounds are in various parts of the body though body temperature remains normal. Degree Fahrenheit report notes 1% 986 unclear due to OCR.
Middleport club reports May meeting at Mrs TA in home of Mrs Cedric Clark presiding. Reports include Southeast District Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs at Jackson. Charlene Neal’s 3rd birthday party at Neal home with 250 young guests and gifts. Community notices cover entertainments, birthdays, and local visits.
Corporal Ted Scott air gunner of a bomber was killed in action in North Africa on Oct 20. He was about 32, from Forest Xii, married to his wife and survived by parents Earl and the two brothers George and John. He was a Meigs County sports figure, famed as a Purple Panther football star and 1930 Southeastern Ohio center.
Pomeroy notes report a large birthday party at Meinhart's Hall Monkey Run for Donald Thomas with many attendees and prizes, plus the birth of a daughter named Marsha Jean to Ltana Gordon Mahaffey. Grandparents and relatives mentioned, hospital details noted, and community events including garden clubs and a luncheon fundraiser for war relief in Syracuse outlined.
WAVES recruitment in Portsmouth and Middleport outlines postwar education, mustering out pay, and other Service Men’s Bill benefits for qualified volunteers. Recruiter Robert J Strauss announces interviews for young women aged 20 to 36 with two years of high school or business school, in Pom eroy Post Office and Middleport City Hall.
The Middleport High School Alumni Association sponsors an oyster supper on November 9 at the high school. Proceeds fund the Honor Roll for former students serving in the U S armed forces, with shared expenses by the Alumni PTA and Band Boosters.
Cpl. Theodore Reed of Camp Blanding Fla visits his parents in Pomeroy. Miss Agnes Reed from Akron also visits family. Dr and Mrs P F Stanley were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Kautz near Chester. Henry Feiger remains in serious condition at Holzer Hospital. Clifford Bauer Yeomanry U S Navy spent last weekend with his
Det Hadox of Mall Spein informs that Navy recruit has been confined to the Navy Hospital in New Caledonia for seven weeks. He has received treatment for ankle burns and was able to walk a short distance to chapel recently.
An advertisement claims ERB-HELP with 12 herbs cleanses bowels and liver, ending headaches pimples and rheumatic knee pain. It asserts users feel lighter and cured after three days, urging miserable people to buy at Athens Pharmacy.
Meigs County shifts election hours to 7 30 a m to 7 30 p m under EWT fast time. Clerk Albert Gloeckner announces the local time is one hour ahead of state time, changing hours from 6 30 a m to 6 30 p m.
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